Wim Kan
Actor · 1911 – 1983 · Scheveningen, Netherlands
Willem Cornelis ‘Wim’ Kan (1911-1983) was a Dutch cabaret artist and actor. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld he is considered one of the ‘Big Three’ of Dutch cabaret. He is best known as the originator of the "Oudejaarsconference” (New Year’s Conference) — an annual Dutch tradition of political cabaret performances on New Year's Eve, discussing the events of the past year.
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Movie8.0ComedyMusicCircus artists Jan and Annie are in possession of jewels that were - unbeknownst to them - stolen from the famous Jolly Sisters. Mistaking them for the thieves, two bumbling detectives infiltrate the Dutch theatre-life.
Kermisgasten
1936 · 1 votes
MovieComedyTV MovieRecording of Wim Kan's 1976 New Year's Conference, the second to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
MovieComedyTV MovieRecording of Wim Kan's 1982 New Year's Conference, his last to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
MovieComedyTV MovieThe 1973 New Year's Eve conference marks a historic milestone: the first time Wim Kan appeared on television on New Year's Eve. After years of successful radio conferences, he dared to make the switch to television, and that proved to be a golden choice. In a colorful political year, with the formation of the Joop den Uyl cabinet and the oil crisis, Wim Kan was in top form.
Movie8.0ComedyTV registration of Wim Kan's 1981 Dutch comedy show called 'In een Ommezien' (broadcast in 1984, a year after his death).
In een Ommezien
1984 · 1 votes
Movie7.3ComedyWhen linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Pygmalion
1937 · 3 votes
MovieComedyTV MovieRecording of Wim Kan's 1979 New Year's Conference, the third to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
MovieDocumentaryDocumentary by Coen Verbraak about entertainer, poet, and painter Toon Hermans.